DICTIONARY
The Chinese word wang - 王 - wáng
(king in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
wáng
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English translations
king, surname,
Wang
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 王 ( wáng ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of wáng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Usage as a radical
王 can also be used as a radical, i.e. as a sub-component of a Chinese character. It is then called wángzìpáng.
Character complexity
王 is composed of 4 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
The three horizontal strokes represent the heaven, the people and the earth. | dynasty
王 ( wang / wáng ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 256)
王 ( wang / wáng ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 256)
Chinese example words containing the character 王 ( wang / wáng )
Other characters that are pronounced wáng in Chinese
More words that mean surname in Chinese
ài ( 艾 ), băi ( 柏 ), bèi ( 贝 ), bó ( 勃 ), chāo ( 钞 ), chá ( 查 ), chái ( 柴 ), chén ( 陈 ), chŏng ( 宠 ), dí ( 狄 ), diān ( 颠 ), dòu ( 窦 ), dù ( 杜 ), è ( 鄂 ), fàn ( 范 ), gān ( 甘 ), gē ( 戈 ), gòng ( 贡 ), hán ( 韩 ), háng ( 杭 ), hú ( 狐 ), hún ( 浑 ), huán ( 环 ), huì ( 惠 ), huò ( 霍 ), jiā ( 嘉 ), jiăn ( 剪 ), jù ( 巨 ), lán ( 兰 ), lài ( 赖 ), lí ( 蠡 ), líng ( 陵 ), Lĭ ( 李 ), lián ( 廉 ), liáng ( 梁 ), liáng ( 良 ), liú ( 刘 ), lú ( 卢 ), lú ( 芦 ), lù ( 鹿 ), luò ( 洛 ), méng ( 蒙 ), mèng ( 孟 ), mò ( 莫 ), nà ( 纳 ), niŭ ( 纽 ), páng ( 庞 ), píng ( 凭 ), pŭ ( 浦 ), qín ( 勤 ), qĭ ( 乞 ), qiáng ( 强 ), qié ( 伽 ), qiè ( 郄 ), róng ( 荣 ), róng ( 融 ), sà ( 萨 ), shàn ( 善 ), shĭ ( 史 ), sōng ( 嵩 ), tán ( 檀 ), táng ( 唐 ), tài ( 泰 ), wăn ( 宛 ), wēng ( 翁 ), wéi ( 韦 ), wèi ( 魏 ), wò ( 沃 ), wŭ ( 伍 ), xī ( 郗 ), xī ( 锡 ), xū ( 虚 ), xún ( 寻 ), xù ( 绪 ), yă ( 雅 ), yī ( 伊 ), yí ( 夷 ), yì ( 益 ), yú ( 俞 ), zhāng ( 张 ), zhà ( 乍 ), Zhào ( 赵 ), zhí ( 执 ), zhì ( 智 ), zhū ( 诸 ), zhú ( 烛 )
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
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